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今天送给大家一句话：jīn tiān | sòng gěi | dà jiā | yī jù | huàToday I want to share a sentence with you:热爱可抵岁月漫长。rè ài | kě | dǐ | suì yuè | màn chángPassion can withstand the long passage of time.我做这个播客累不累呢？wǒ | zuò | zhè ge | bō kè | lèi | bù | lèi | neAm I tired of making this podcast?累，lèiYes,但是我乐在其中，dàn shì | wǒ | lè | zài | qí zhōngbut I take great pleasure in it,我喜欢这事。wǒ | xǐ huān | zhè | shìI love doing this.从初中刚开始学英语，cóng | chū zhōng | gāng | kāi shǐ | xué | yīng yǔEver since I first started learning English in junior high school,我就展现出了语言的天赋，wǒ | jiù | zhǎn xiàn | chū | le | yǔ yán | de | tiān fùI have shown a talent for languages.英语成绩总是很好，yīng yǔ | chéng jì | zǒng shì | hěn | hǎoMy English grades have always been excellent,而且我不会去死记单词，ér qiě | wǒ | bù | huì | qù | sǐ jì | dān cíand I never memorize words by rote,也基本不学语法。yě | jī běn | bù | xué | yǔ fǎnor do I basically study grammar.化学老师问我：huà xué | lǎo shī | wèn | wǒMy chemistry teacher asked me:化学这么简单，为什么你成绩不行呢？huà xué | zhè me | jiǎn dān | wèi shén me | nǐ | chéng jì | bù | xíng | neChemistry is so simple, why are your grades not good?那你英语成绩为什么好呢？nà | nǐ | yīng yǔ | chéng jì | wèi shén me | hǎo | neThen why are your English grades so good?我说：天赋。wǒ | shuō | tiān fùI said: Talent.差点把老师气晕。chà diǎn | bǎ | lǎo shī | qì | yūnI almost made the teacher faint from anger.我大学本想学法语专业，wǒ | dà xué | běn | xiǎng | xué | fǎ yǔ | zhuān yèI originally wanted to major in French at university,但由于一些阴差阳错的原因吧，dàn | yóu yú | yī xiē | yīn chā yáng cuò | de | yuán yīn | babut due to some unexpected twists of fate,或者说是命运吧，huò zhě | shuō | shì | mìng yùn | baor perhaps it was destiny,最终学了工科，zuì zhōng | xué | le | gōng kēI ended up majoring in engineering,完全是自己不擅长、不喜欢的东西。wán quán | shì | zì jǐ | bù | shàn cháng | bù | xǐ huān | de | dōng xīsomething I was completely not good at and not interested in.所以我上课的时候不知道在学什么，suǒ yǐ | wǒ | shàng kè | de | shí hou | bù | zhī dào | zài | xué | shén meSo when I was in class, I didn’t know what I was learning,考试的时候不知道在考什么，kǎo shì | de | shí hou | bù | zhī dào | zài | kǎo | shén mewhen I took exams, I didn’t know what was being tested,考完了不知道学过什么。kǎo | wán | le | bù | zhī dào | xué | guò | shén meand after exams, I didn’t know what I had studied.
